Boy from Heaven (2022)

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Original title	Walad min al janna
Swedish release title	Boy from Heaven
International title	Boy from Heaven
Distribution title	Cairo Conspiracy (USA)
Alternative title	Sabiun min al janna (klassisk arabiska) ولد من الجنة (Walad min al janna) صبي من الجنة (Sabiun min al janna)
Working title	Pojken från himlen Al-Azhar

Director	Tarik Saleh
Screenplay	Tarik Saleh
Producer	Kristina Åberg Fredrik Zander
Production Manager	Demir Menderes
Line Producer	Johan Lindström
Director of Photography	Pierre Aïm
Music	Krister Linder
Production Designer	Roger Rosenberg
Film Editor	Theis Schmidt
Story Editor	Jimmy Karlsson
Associate Producer	Linda Mutawi
Co-producer	Rémi Burah Toni Valla Monica Hellström Signe Byrge Sørensen Misha Jaari Mark Lwoff Mikael Ahlström Per Bouveng Alexandre Mallet-Guy Peter Possne Anna Croneman Alex Hansson Olivier Peré
Executive Producer	Camilla Nasiell Jean-Paul Wall
Coordinator	Mats Adler
Film Commissioner	Madeleine Ekman
Costume Designer	Denise Östholm
Make-up Design	Pia Cornelius
Art Director	Sila Karakaya

Tawfeek Barhom	Adam
Fares Fares	Ibrahim
Mohammad Bakri	general Al Sakran
Makram Khouri (as Makram Khoury)	Sheikh Negm
Mehdi Dehbi	Zico
Moe Ayoub	Sobhy
Sherwan Haji	Soliman

	Falcon Pictures	2022	(Indonesien)
Production Company	Atmo Rights AB
Co-Production Company	Arte France Cinéma
	Film i Väst AB
	Final Cut for Real
	Memento Films
	Movies Inspired
	Bufo Oy
	Sveriges Television AB
	Mikael Ahlström Films
	Haymaker
Advance allocations	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Triart Film AB	2022
Distributor outside of Sweden	Movies Inspired	2022	(Italien)
	Cinobo	2022	(Grekland)
	Vertigo Media	2022	(Ungern)
	Falcon Films	2022	(Algeriet, Bahrain, Egypten, Förenade Arabemiraten, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jemen, Jordanien, Kuwait, Libanon, Libyen, Marocko, Oman, Palestina, Qatar, Saudiarabien, Syrien, Tunisien, Västsahara)
	Memento Distribution	2022	(Frankrike)
	Filmladen Filmverleih GmbH	2022	(Österrike)
	X Verleih AG	2022	(Tyskland)
	Picturehouse Entertainment	2022	(Storbritannien)
	Filmcoopi Zürich AG	2022	(Schweiz, Lichtenstein)
	New Cinema Network	2022	(Israel)
	Leopardo Filmes	2022	(Portugal)
	Bir Film	2022	(Turkiet)
	Beta Film Gmbh	2022	(Bulgarien)
	Provzglyad	2022	(Ryssland)
	A-One Films Estonia	2022	(Estland, Lettland, Litauen)
	Vertigo Media	2022	(Ungern)
	M2 Films	2022	(Polen)
	Cinéart	2022	(Belgien, Nederländerna, Luxemburg)
	La Aventura	2022	(Spanien)
	Impacto Cine	2022	(Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brasilien, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela, Paraguay, Franska Guyana, Guyana, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela)
	Swallow	2022	(Taiwan)
	Samuel Goldwyn Films	2022	(USA, Kanada)
	Film Europe	2022	(Tjeckien)
	Bad Unicorn	2022	(Rumänien)
	Indo Overseas	2022	(Indien, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
	Anticipate	2022	(Singapore)
	Rialto Film GmbH	2022	(Australien, Nya Zeeland)
	Filmcoopi Zürich AG	2022	(Schweiz, Lichstenstein)
	Blitz Film & Video Distribution	2022	(Serbien, Kroatien, Slovenien, Albanien, Kosovo, Bosnien-Hercegovina, Makedonien, Montenegro)

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is granted a scholarship at the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo. When Sheikh Al-Azhar, the highest authority in sunni Islam suddenly dies, a power struggle starts; who will become the next Grand Imam? At State Security, investigator Ibrahim has been ordered to make sure it will be the one the president wants. When his informant inside Al-Azhar gets brutally murdered, Ibrahim needs a replacement, someone without connections or contacts. Adam fits the part perfect. (the production company's synopsis)

Certificate number	208728
Date	2022-10-10
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Grounds for decision	Framställningen innehåller inslag av hotfull stämning, en pappa som piskar sina söner på handflatorna, en man som huggs till döds, en övertäckt kropp i blodpöl, en student som misshandlas med sparkar samt en ung man som hotas med tortyr vilket kan medföra stark rädsla och oro. Framställningen bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn under 11 år.

Length in minutes	126 min
Dialogue	Arabic
Textad	Swedish

Festival showing	2022-05-17		Cannes	France		Cannes Film Festival
	2022-06-08		Sydney	Australia		Sydney Film Festival
	2022-06-30		Wrocław	Poland		New Horizons International Film Festival
	2022-07-26		Motovun	Croatia		Motovun Film Festival
	2022-07-28		Auckland	New Zealand		New Zeeland International Film Festival
	2022-07-30		Warsaw	Poland		Two Riversides FF
	2022-08-20		Haugesund	Norway		Haugesund Film Festival
	2022-08-25			Australia		Lebanese FF
	2022-09-01		Adana	Turkey		Adana Film Festival
	2022-09-01		Hamburg	Germany		Hamburg Film Festival
	2022-09-01		Miskolc	Hungary		Cinefest
	2022-09-15		Darwin	Australia		Darwin Film International Film Festival
	2022-09-22		Zürich	Germany		Zürich Film Festival
	2022-09-29		Vancouver	Canada		Vancouver International Film Festival
	2022-10-01			Czech Republic		Be2Can
	2022-10-05		Busan	South Korea		Busan International Film Festival
	2022-10-06		London	United Kingdom		BFI London Film Festival
	2022-10-06		Mill Valley	USA		Mill Valley Film Festival
	2022-10-08		Haifa	Israel		Haifa International Film Festival
	2022-10-12		Gent	Belgium		Filmfest Gand
	2022-10-13		Rome	Italy		Rome Film Fest
	2022-10-13		Riga	Latvia		Riga International Film Festival
	2022-10-17		London	Canada		Forest City Film Fest
	2022-10-17			Mongolia		Ulaanbataar International Film Festival
	2022-10-19		Adelaide	Australia		Adelaide Film Festival
	2022-10-20		Milwaukee	USA		Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival
	2022-10-20		Philadelphia	USA		Philadelphia Film Festival
	2022-10-22		Valladolid	Spain		Valladolid Seminci International Film Week
	2022-10-27		Windsor	United Kingdom		Windsor Film Festival
	2022-11-01		Ramallah	Palestine		Palestine Film Days
	2022-11-01		Sevilla	Spain		Seville European Film Festival
	2022-11-02		Denver	USA		Denver Film Festival
	2022-11-03		Mar del Plata	Argentina		Mar del Plata International Film Festival
	2022-11-09	Skandia	Stockholm	Sweden		Stockholm Filmfestival 2022
	2022-11-11		Tallinn	Estonia		Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
	2022-11-11		Marrakech	Morocco		Marrakech International Film Festival
	2022-11-12		Toruń	Poland		EnergaCamerimage Film Festival
Release in Sweden	2022-11-18			Sweden
Cinema release in Sweden	2022-11-18			Sweden
Festival showing	2022-11-20		Goa	India		Goa Film Festival (International Film Festival of India)
	2022-12-01		Duhok	Kurdistan		Duhok International Film Festival
	2022-12-09		Trivandrum	India		Trivandrum Film Festival
VOD release	2023-09-22	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-09-23	SVT1		Sweden

The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2023	Best Screenplay	Tarik Saleh
Festival Award	Cannes	2022			(Prix François Chalais, Cannes Film Festival)
	Cannes	2022		Tarik Saleh	(bästa manuskript / Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival)
	Lûbeck	2022			(NDR Film Prize, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Tyskland / Germany)
	Lûbeck	2022			(INTERFILM Church Prize, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Tyskland / Germany)
Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2022	Best Picture
	Stockholm	2022	Best Director	Tarik Saleh
	Stockholm	2022	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Tawfeek Barhom
	Stockholm	2022	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Fares Fares
	Stockholm	2022	Best Editing	Theis Schmidt
	Stockholm	2022	Best Costume	Denise Östholm

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Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Boy from Heaven

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Boy from Heaven